‘Cold Medication Prescription for Corona Complaint’ Recorded 762 Confirmed Cases at Dongbu Detention Center … Stigma of ‘Largest Infection in Single Facility’

Entry 2020.12.29 21:54

Amid the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) that began in the eastern detention center in Seoul, showing signs of spreading to other correctional facilities, point out that there was a loophole in the quarantine in the eastern detention center .

According to a news outlet on the 29th, it was revealed that some inmates in the eastern detention center, who were in close contact with the confirmed case, were quarantined and used a room with ordinary inmates while they were being neglected by correctional authorities.

Prison authorities even prescribed only cold medicine to inmates complaining of sore throats in detention centers. A sore throat is a representative symptom of Corona 19, and inmates say prison authorities were lukewarm.

It is known that the Ministry of Justice provided masks to prisoners once a week only after December, when the confirmed case occurred for budgetary reasons. The inadequate procrastination response is said to have led to an explosion of confirmed cases.

In internet cafes where prisoners’ families gather, messages are constantly posted saying: “ We are taking 9-10 people into quarantine with voice prisoners each ” and “ Eight confirmed patients are meeting with each other and only noodles are given without treatment. ”

As of 10 pm on the 29th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases related to the Dongbu Detention Center has risen to 762. It is the largest single facility in the coronavirus outbreak.

On that day, according to the Ministry of Justice and the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a detainee diagnosed with Corona 19 died while receiving treatment at the Eastern Detention Center.

The deceased was confirmed to be Yoon Chang-yeol (66), the main culprit in the Good Morning City sales fraud case. Yoon was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison on fraud charges in June 2018, and was incarcerated in the East Detention Center in Seoul, and was confirmed as Crown 19 in the second full investigation on the 23rd. Yoon was He was a severe hemodialysis patient and was originally not well, so he was released from jail on the 24th and was treated in an external hospital, but died on the morning of the 27th.

The Ministry of Justice placed inmates who received negative sentence twice to resolve the overcrowded condition of people who had Corona 19 out of control in the East Detention Center, South Prison (85), Yeoju Prison (30) and Gangwonbukbu (60) Transferred.

However, 16 of the 85 people transferred to the South Prison were confirmed for coronavirus that day, and one of the prisoners transferred to the North Gangwon Prison was confirmed.

It was also revealed on this day that a prisoner who was confirmed confirmed by the Eastern Detention Center attended the Seoul Central District Law and the Eastern and Northern District Laws.

For the time being, the Ministry of Justice will actively recommend the arrest and stay of execution of confirmed persons, and inmates whose execution has been suspended will be housed at the Life Therapy Center of the Defense Languages ​​Institute in Icheon, Gyeonggi -do.

In addition, unconfirmed persons will be quickly transferred to other correctional facilities, such as the North Gangwon Prison and the newly built Daegu Prison, to continuously reduce the acceptance density of the Eastern Detention Center.

In addition, in order to reduce the acceptance rate of correctional facilities, he plans to expand parole by reducing the criteria for evaluating parole for model inmates and vulnerable immunity.